The United Farm Workers has sued the U.S. Department of Labor, seeking to overturn a rule the Trump administration says will give farmers relief from ever-increasing labor costs. The UFW filed the ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Scott Morgenstern is a professor of Political Science at ...

The U.S. has an important choice to make regarding agriculture. It can import more people to pick crops and do other kinds of agricultural labor, it can raise wages enough to lure more U.S. citizens ...

(CN) — A federal judge denied Thursday a motion by farm workers to issue a preliminary injunction that would have blocked a new Trump administration policy that lowered the minimum wage for ...

A file photo of H-2A workers on a farm in Colorado that grows peaches, grapes, cherries and pears. Guest farm workers holding H-2A visas are more important than ever for agriculture, especially after ...